Vacuum-sweeper.



VP. J. MATGETTB& 0.- MoUKos.

VACUUM SWEBPER. l APPLIGATIQN FILED 00T.6,19o5.

'Patented Get. l2,

@TALES s, @W71 tf1 @haitiano FANK. J. MATCHETTE AND CHARLES NOUKOS, OIE' MIL'lfTAUKEE, VJSCNSN; SAID EIOUKOS ASSIGNOR "O SAID MATCHET'IE.

VACUUM-SWEEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented tiet.. i2. lleida).

Application filed October 6, 1905. Serial No. 281,699.

To all whom 'it may concern:

1 .1 i ine it known that we, FRANK J. MATCH- n'rrn, a citizen of the United States, and @nannies `Mou nos, a sub] ect Aof the Kingdom of Greece, hoth residing at Milwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in V acuu1n-Sweepers, of which the following is a specification, reference l'ieing had to the accompanying drawing, forni ing a part thereof.

This invention relates more particularly to sweepers for removing dust and dirt from smooth hard surfaces such as Wood and tile doors have. its main objects are to provide improved features to loosen and remove dust and dirt from such surfaces and conduct them away to a convenient point of deposit or discharge, and thus prevent their escaping into and settling in the room in which they haveheen taken up; to maintain the hrush forming a part of the device, in its proper working` relation to the surface to be cleaned irrespective of'the position in 'which the operating handleis heldf to admit of sweepino' under radiators,` and other fixtures and rurniture; to confine the air draft which lrenufves the dust and dirt, close to and distribute it evenly over Ythe surface covered by the brush; to provide for the renewal of the brush and for4 its adjustinent with relation to the draft nozzle or orifice; and generally to improve the construction and operation of syveepers of this kind. V

The invention consists in certain,` novel features of construction and in the peculiar arrangement and combinations of .parts hereinafter particularly described and pointed out in the claims. l in the accompanying drawing like char- I acters designate the sainenparts'in'the sev- Cir eral figures. y

lligure l is a transveise section of e, sweeper' embodying the invention, the section generally cutting the crush and nozzle centrally and lengthwise thereof; Fig. 2 1s a plan view of the sweeper, the greater part of the tubular operating handle being broken away and parts of the brush back and nozzle being broken away and shown in horizontal sectiong'and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the sweeper cutting thel nozzle and brush centrally and crosswise.

The sweeper comprises a brush a having a transverse opening through the back and bristles on opposite sldes of said opening, a

vplate Z) to which the brush. is attached, a

nozzle c and a tubular operating` handle (l through which air with dust and dirt is drawn and conducted away from the brush. y

The plate o, which is preferably made of metal, is formed with a cylindrical hearing' socket c transverse to the handle cl and en! lending below the lower faces of the plate on each side thereof, as shown in Fig. S. "his socket, opens on the upper and under sides through said plate, which is preferably made in two sections or parts joined together in a plane cutting said socket lengthwise, the sections being formed at their ad; joining edges with flanges c c, which are connected by screws f jf. This construction and arrangement of parts facilitates ma chining or finishing said hearing socket, a part of which is formed in each section of the 'plate b, and also facilitates the insertion of the nozzle in said socket and the assembling of the parts of the sweeper.

The nozzle c is made cylindrical and fitted to turn in the socket in plate b. It has a draft orifice in the under side running` lengthwise thereof in communication with the opening,` in the under side of the socket, and it is formed on the upper side with a neck or collar' g in which the tubular handle or arm d for operating the sweeper is secured. This neck or collar is split length Wise on one side to make it cor1 tractible, and is provided with a screw z' for clamping it on the tubular handle d. ily this means different tools or implements may he used der side of the plate Zi into the nozzle socket are made of sufiientwidth to permit of freely turning Athe handle with the nozzle up and down, and vafying its angle to the plate o without tipping th brush or closing the draft orifice in the nozzle. By turning the handle into a position approximately parallei with the plane of plate l), as shownl in Fig. 3, the brush may be thrust and the sweeper ope ated under radiators, tables or other fixtures and furniture.

The brush back in which the bristles are held and' which is fitted around the depending nozzle socket in plate is detaenably secured to said plate by screws so that the brush may be easily removed and renewed or 'adjusted as the bristles wear off, by inserting shinis f between it and said plate, which when the parts are; assembled, reinforces and forms in effect a part of the brush back.

By the construction herein shown and described the draft orifice of the nozzle is brought close to the surface on which the brush rests or moves, into the most effective relation thereto,l and the nozzle is hinged `or pivoted in the brush iai such a Way and in such a position that the brush is held :in alineinent or pa 'allel with the surface over which it is moved in the operation of the sweeper, irrespective of the angle or inclination at which the handle Z is carried.

A strip 'nt of leather, rubber` or other suitable material, is tacked or otherwise fastened to the back y', and extending downwardly therefrom approximately to the ends of the bristles, lforms around the brush a draft confining skirt which concentrates or localizcs the draft at or near the plane of contact between the brush and the surface to be swept. The strip m extending upwardly around the margin of the plate b, forms a cushion or fender which prevents the sweeper from mai-ring furniture, woodwork or any object against which Ait may be run.

In the operation of the sweeper the brush a is moved back and forth over the floor or surface to be swept, and loose dirtand dust is taken up and conducted ofi' by a strong draft of air which is maintained through the r, nozzle c and handle d.' rlhe brush operates to detach and loosen dirt which may adhere to the fioor or other surface, and also to agitato dust and dirt over which the sweeper passes, so that the air draft can more effectively act upon them. An inward draft ...or currentof air being maintained through the space between the floor or other surface and the skirt m, any dirt or dust raised by the. brush is immediately drawn into the sweeper and thus prevented from escaping 'into the roon'i outside and settling again therein.

Vile are not confined to the details of construction and in the arrangen'ient of parts in embodying the principle and intended scope of the invention.

Vile claire l.ln a vacuum sweeper, the combination of a brush having an opening tlnmigh the back and bristles arranged on opposite sides l of said opening. to leave an uncovered space 1 beneath said opening, a nozzle hinged to Asaid back and havinfr a draft orifice coniinnnicating through said opening in the bac-lt with the uncovered space between the bristles, a tubular handle attached to said nozzle, and a draft confining skirt surrounding the brush, substantially as described.

2. ln a vacuum sweeper the combination of a brush having a transverse cylindrical bearingsocket in the back formed with an opening in its under side, a cylindrical nozzle fitted to turn in said socket and having' a draft orifice in the under side, and a handle attached to'said nozzle including means to tially described. 3. ln vacuum sweeper the combination of a brush having a transverse cylindrical bearing socket in the back, formed with an opening in its under side, a cylindrical nozzle fitted to turn in said socket and having a draft orifice in the under side,a handle at* tache-d to said nozzle including means to connect the nozzle with an exhaust, and a draft confining skirt surrounding the brush, substantially as described. j

4l In a vacuuin sweeper the combination ofI a back plate having a depending portion formed` with a slotted 'transverse cavity, a nozzle located in said cavity, a brush having a transverse. opening through the back, adapted to receive the depending portion of the plate, and bristles arranged at each side of the opening' of the brush, substantially as described.

' 5. In a vacuum sweeper the combination' of a plate, a :handle provided with a nozzle supported from said plate, and a brush provided with an -opening in its back to receive the nozzle and detachably secured to the under side of said plate, substantially as described.

G. lna vacuum sweeper the combination of a. plate having a handle connected therewith and provided with a nozzle having a draft orifice in the under side, a brush attached to said plate, and means for adjusting the distance of the nozzle from the work ing face of the brush, substantially as described.

7. ln a vacuum swee er, the combination of a plate A1rovided"witi a ydepending nozzle socket han `ng an opening therein, a. nozzle mounted in the socket having a draft orifice in communication with the opening of the socket, ay handle connected withl thenozzlc,

and a brush attached to said plate, having nozzle, substantially as described.v y

8, ln a vacuum sweeper the combination of a plate having a transverse bearing socket opening on the under side below the lower 'face of the plate, a cylindrical nozzle fitted having a draft orifice in the under side and i bristles arranged on opposite sides of-th' connect the nozzle with an exhaust, 'substanoi' a plate having a depending transverse to turn in said bearin and having a draft l dle attached to the nozzle including means orifice in the under si e, a handle attached l to connect the nozzle with an exhaust, and to said nozzle, and a detachable brush hava brush attached to said plate, Isubstantialb7 ing a transverse opening in the back through as described. which said depending bearing and nozzle ll. In a vacuum sweeper the combination project, substantially as described. v of a plate havingv a transverse cylindrical 9. In a vacuum sweeper'the combination l socket opening through the upper and lower of a plate having a transverse I cylindrical sides of the plate, a cylindrical nozzle fitted socket opening through the upper and lower to turn in said'socket, a tubular handle titsides of the plate which is composed of secting in said nozzle, and a brush attached to tions jointed together in a plane cutting said l said plate, substantially as described. 1 socket lengthwise, a nozzle fitted to turn in 12. In a vacuum sweeper, the' combination said socket and having a dra-ft orilice in the of a plate having a depending transverse under side, a handle attached to the nozzle socket, a brush having an opening to receive including means to connect the nozzle with said socket, and provided With bristles at an exhaust, and a brush attached to said each side of the opening, a nozzle mounted plate, substantially as described. in the socket, adapted to oscillate therein,

l0. ln a vacuum sweeper the combination l and a tubular handle in communication with the nozzle, substantially as described.

ln witness whereof we hereto aHiX our sig natures in .presence of two Witnesses.

cylindrical bearing socket upon its under side and composed ot sections which are joined together in a plane cutting said l FRANK J. MATCHETTE. socket lengthwise, a nozzle fitted to turn in CHARLES MOUS" said socket and composed of sections which l lVitnesses:

are joined together in a plane cutting the l, HOWARD C. KAUFMAN,

dratt oritlce of the nozzle lengthwise, a hanl y CHAS. L. Goss. 

